COLLECTION NAME:
Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Collection
Record
Image Number:
AIURRRC_000570
Image Title:
Black People's Organisations Campaign Against SUS (BPOCAS) badge
Description:
Red and black design on white circular badge.Text: 'Scrap SUS now; Black peoples organisations; campaign against SUS'.
Section 4 of the 1824 Vagrancy Act gave police the discretionary power to arrest anyone they suspected of loitering with intent to commit an arrestable offence. It was used intensively in the 1960s and 1970s against young black men. They could be arrested, charged and convicted simply for walking down the street.
The Black People's Organisations Campaign Against Sus (BPOCAS) along with other organisations forced the government to repeal the act in 1981.
Section 4 of the 1824 Vagrancy Act gave police the discretionary power to arrest anyone they suspected of loitering with intent to commit an arrestable offence. It was used intensively in the 1960s and 1970s against young black men. They could be arrested, charged and convicted simply for walking down the street.
The Black People's Organisations Campaign Against Sus (BPOCAS) along with other organisations forced the government to repeal the act in 1981.
Keyword:
Activist badge
Language:
English
Subject:
Race relations
Subject:
Protest and social movements
Category of Material:
Object
Time Period Covered:
20th Century CE
Rights Holder: Image:
Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE (Race Archives and Community Engagement) Centre
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
